I think this year these 3 on the podium have really been the best drivers so far. Vettel had a moment in the race were he looked like losing his composure behind the Virgin, but he got back on it and closed up nicely behind Alonso.

Great composure of McLaren and Button too to let Alonso close up right to the limit of the DRS activation then get in a couple of fast laps and parking it right after the flag was down.

I now rate Button just behind Alonso and Vettel and ahead, quite a bit, of Hamilton. Normally I’d put Alonso-Vettel-Hamilton in the top 3, very near, but the way Button has matured and Hamilton has become a frickin’ joke forced me to change my view. I’m sure Lewis could easily get back to form.

Button and Alonso did a fantastic job, and of course Vettel did what he had to do. Schumacher also had a very good race, as did Perez, well done to them. Disappointing from Kobayashi, Sauber’s strategy of stopping fewer times than their rivals seems to only work for Perez.

I agree with you; I was underwhelmed as I expected both to score some good points. Both had dreadful starts which devastated their races, and they each were hampered by problems outside of their reach, like the safety car affecting Kobayashi and his pit strategy and Senna’s botched pit stop. However, Kobayashi did have a great pass on Alguersuari at the hairpin.